In Yakutia we definitely see a new evolving economy that is being created in traditional industries because requirements to professions change, and this is a completely new economy, where new competencies are needed

In Yakutia we see explosive growth of entrepreneurship in IT, primarily among young people. <...> Our task is to grow the second economy out of the creative economy, in addition to the one based on the extraction of diamonds, coal and oil. <...> Yakutia is the third largest regional cinema producer. 64 films were shot over the past 4 years, which brought 74 awards at the international and Russian film festivals. <...> We create systematic support [for the Yakut filming industry, – Ed.]; a foundation has been created earlier this year, which will distribute grant-based support to filmmakers and develop educational sphere on the basis of grants

Yakutia will become the first region where the Social Impact Bond (SIB) project is actually implemented [social impact bond is a financial instrument that allows to attract private capital into the non-profit sector and ties the income to achievements in solving social problems, – Ed.]. <…> We have chosen a pilot district with 25 schools and 5,000 students. Over the course of the next three years together with our colleagues from the Higher School of Economics we are going to test all best practices and technologies and try to find the practices that were born here, in our soil, and let them grow. For this purpose, the Far East Development Fund is allocating funds for the period of three years, and in case there is social impact we, as a region, are willing to fully reimburse all expenses

If we talk about the support needed by the largest investment projects that are being or planned to be implemented in the Arctic, staffing is paramount <…> If our universities and secondary-level vocational training facilities deliver specialists of appropriate level, no investor would spend money on creating a corporate university. The mere fact that corporate universities are open here is partially a sign that our education system does not meet the demand of large investors

It is necessary to adjust to life and construction not under conditions of permafrost or no permafrost, but of a transition from permafrost to soft soil, traditional soil. It is a challenge for our construction industry and technologies

In Yakutia we can see a growing interest in Arctic tourism. <…> The main problem here is closely connected to construction. <…> We are reaching stable rates of growth of tourist flow from the demand point of view, but we cannot satisfy it due to the lack of accommodation. This is the first issue. <…> The second issue is transport accessibility

Yakutia leads the way in air medical services. Each year, we spend RUB 1.2 billion on them. However, in 2018 that figure was even higher – almost RUB 1.4 billion, with RUB 450 million coming from the federal budget. <...> The previous period saw the acquisition of five Mi-8 air ambulance helicopters, but of course, we need to go further

To meet the objectives set out in the national projects, we need to change how we work and restructure government. And this is one of the positive challenges the national projects offer, they make us – the government – change. If we continue to work linearly, we will never meet our objectives. As we discussed yesterday at the plenary session, allocating funds is not enough, spending the money is not enough. We need a result, and this drives the entire government system to change

The parent company of our regional leasing company is the Corporation for Development of Small and Medium Business. They have limitations on funding transport. As soon as we solve this problem, we will be able to massively subsidize this type of leasing

The guys’ names are Alexei and Afanasy Ushnitsky. <...> Their 5th game was a success <...> MyTona company entered the App Store with this game. Now they have multi-billion-dollar turnover. <...> For the Yakutians they are an example of the fact that anyone can achieve the same success. Combined with the availability of the Internet, this has led to a real explosion of the IT sector in Yakutsk

We are faced with an impossible task: we need to ensure accelerated development, i.e. we need to develop ahead of the entire country, and to be on par with the most dynamically developing neighbouring states

The city in Russia with most electric vehicles <...> is Vladivostok, it now has 1,500 cars. <...> Let's go back to the figure that was mentioned <...> 300 gas stations for 1500 cars in central Russia. There is one charging station in Vladivostok

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